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WVEL Entertainment Scope: 2018 Stellar Gospel Music Award Winners

WVEL Entertainment Scope: 2018 Stellar Gospel Music Award Winners

(Photo By Flickr User CL Holly)   Central City Productions completed the taping of the 2018 Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards in Las Vegas, NV at the Orleans Arena this past weekend. The annual show was hosted by Kirk Franklin. The telecast will premiere on TV One, Good Friday, March 30th, at 9pmE/8pmC . Additionally,…MORE

WVEL Holiday/Travel Scope: 2018’s Best Places To Celebrate Easter

WVEL Holiday/Travel Scope: 2018’s Best Places To Celebrate Easter

(Photo By Flickr User Andreas Komodromos)   With Easter Sunday around the corner and roughly 80% of all Americans expected to observe the holiday in some way, the personal-finance website WalletHub, released its report on 2018’s Best Places to Celebrate Easter. To find out which cities promise the most egg-citing time on April 1st, WalletHub compared…MORE

WVEL Music/Travel Scope: Blues Music Returns This Summer In The Gem City

WVEL Music/Travel Scope: Blues Music Returns This Summer In The Gem City

(Photo By Flickr User antony griffiths)   Get Ready, Quincy, IL & Tri-States area for “Blues In The District!” Be a part of Tradition as the Gem City celebrates the 21st season of The District’s Blues in the District Concert Series! According to KHQA-TV and The District Quincy website, Bruce Guthrie, Executive Director The District says,…MORE

Winter Jam 2018

Winter Jam 2018

(Photo By Flickr User kathyiam)   Since its formation by NewSong in 1995, The Winter Jam Tour Spectacular has featured many of the top names in Christian music, including TobyMac, Third Day, Newsboys, Steven Curtis Chapman, Lecrae, Skillet, and more! The tour has outpaced any other tour’s attendance for the past six years. Platinum-selling and Billboard…MORE

Earth, Wind, + Fire Reminder

Earth, Wind, + Fire Reminder

(Photo By Flickr User The Conmunity – Pop Culture Geek)   Just a family/friendly reminder that “The Elements Of The Universe,” will be returning to the River city at the Peoria Civic Center Theater on Sunday, March 25, 2018 at 7pm!   History About Earth, Wind, and Fire: Earth, Wind & Fire, one of the world top-selling…MORE

WVEL News/Education Scope: Rockford’s New Elementary School

WVEL News/Education Scope: Rockford’s New Elementary School

(Photo By Flickr User Chris Yunker)     A new elementary in “The Forest City (Rockford, IL),” will be named after the city’s first African-American public school teacher. According to The Associated Press, WGEM-TV, and The Rockford Register Star, the city’s school board voted to name the city’s newest K-5 building after Constance Renick Lane. This…MORE

WVEL News Scope: Legendary Tuskegee Airman Floyd Carter Sr. Dies At 95

WVEL News Scope: Legendary Tuskegee Airman Floyd Carter Sr. Dies At 95

(Photo By Flickr User Pete Markham)     Living legend of the Tuskegee Airmen, Floyd Carter Sr., has passed away. According to VOA News, they report that Carter received many awards for his service in the Air Force and for the ground he broke being a Black man in the Air Force at a time…MORE

WVEL/IHSA Insider: IHSA Class 3A/4A Boys Basketball State Finals

WVEL/IHSA Insider: IHSA Class 3A/4A Boys Basketball State Finals

(Photo By Flickr User PIVISO)   Which High School Boys Basketball team will be crowned “IHSA Kings Of The Court?” Now we know that this question was asked for the gentlemen of Class 1A/Class 2A on last week; now we will see who will take all as the “Road To River City, Part Two (The…MORE

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